October 12, 2025 • 19 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
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Speaker 2 (00:16):
So it's going to take its toll and they, particularly
in the downtown corp.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
The public service strike hits home for some private businesses
and now a warning it could get worse for others.
Speaker 4 (00:29):
Wait to remember Zave and what a teammate he was.
What a supportive kid for twelve years old. He was
the glue of the team.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
A powerful puck drop with a purpose. Remembering a son, brother,
and teammate with a goal in mind. And thousands gear
up for the forty fifth Royal Victoria Marathon. What to
expect for the record breaking event this weekend.
Speaker 5 (01:06):
Good evening and thanks for joining us.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
Six weeks into the BCGU labor action that has seen
twenty five thousand public service workers taking part in full
or partial strike from the jobs that keep provincial services functioning,
people across this province are feeling the impact of service
delays and disruptions, and now tonight we're seeing private businesses
(01:29):
forced to close because of.
Speaker 5 (01:31):
The job action and a new warning.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Downtown cores like Victoria could take even more of a
hit if the strike lingers.
Speaker 6 (01:39):
Chattis Leo reports, I'm not the only business it's going
to go under just because of this.
Speaker 7 (01:46):
Sam Jones is the owner of two Percent Jazz Coffee.
He had three locations, but once the BCGU strike went
into its sixth week, he knew trouble was brewing.
Speaker 6 (01:56):
When the BCGU went on strike, they have targeted the
museum as a very public place to be seen. Unfortunately,
what that means is they're repelling the very customers that
I want for my business.
Speaker 7 (02:12):
Jones has been operating inside the museum for ten years
and it's taken several years to rebound after the pandemic,
but now this strike is killed any momentum for his business.
Speaker 6 (02:23):
When I realized I wasn't going to make it was
the first pay period came and I was scrambling.
Speaker 7 (02:31):
And Jones is not alone. The owner of the Bannock Room,
who normally parks in front of the Royal BC Museum,
had to pack it up and leave after her business
suffered heavily from the BCGU strike.
Speaker 8 (02:43):
I don't have side, not taking a side, but you
know what the strike is effecting my business.
Speaker 7 (02:48):
But with both parties absent at the negotiating table, what
the future looks like for other businesses in downtown Victoria
has yet to be determined.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
We don't see this as something that's good for business
at all.
Speaker 7 (03:00):
If Victoria Chamber of Commerce is concerned, that uncertainty of
the strike is just going to create an even bigger
challenge of a already hard and difficult economic climate.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
So it's going to take its toll, and particularly in
the downtown core. We also think the strike shows why
we need to look at alternative options for things like
liquor distribution so we're not paralyzed when the only option
available is not available.
Speaker 7 (03:26):
In a response to the strike impacts, the BCGU says
they are concerned about the local economy, especially for small businesses.
The union says they try to minimize the impact of
the strike within the first three weeks and blames the
province for refusing to act, causing escalation. Back at the museum,
Jones has now let go some of his eight staff members,
(03:48):
the rest moving to his location on Hillside as he
packs up ten years of history in a building filled
with much more of it, and he has a message
for both parties on each side of the counter.
Speaker 6 (04:00):
You flexible and look around you and see what other
industries are doing and what they're having to put up
with and deal with, and the kind of catastrophic outfall
of this.
Speaker 7 (04:12):
As a Friday, the union says more than twenty five
thousand workers are on strike at four hundred and seventy
work sites across the province.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
And Canadians can expect limited mail delivery to resume early
next week. The Canadian Union of Pulstal Workers says rotating
strikes began this morning, ending the countrywide strike that span
more than two weeks. However, the union saying all service
guarantees will be suspended as a result.
Speaker 9 (04:40):
Remnants of the chanting signs and picket line over the
last two weeks. Mail service came to a nationwide halt
on September twenty fifth, and while some Canada post workers
are back on the job, it's not the case for everyone.
Like this postal carrier in Dawson Creek, BC.
Speaker 6 (04:57):
We're out on strike. Today's part of the rotating strike change.
Speaker 9 (05:01):
So are workers in Saint Anthony in Newfoundland and Labrador, Timmins, Ontario,
and Fort Saint John, BC.
Speaker 10 (05:08):
Our postal service is vital to communities, whether you're a
large urban center or you're a smaller municipality in a
rural area.
Speaker 9 (05:17):
These rotating strikes are the Canadian Union of Postal Workers'
latest strategy in response to Ottawa's call for sweeping changes
like ending home delivery and closing some rural mail outlets,
arguing it's needed to keep Canada Post financially viable.
Speaker 5 (05:32):
People are going to.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Have to come out and fight for their post office.
Speaker 5 (05:34):
It's a use it or lose it, stand up orly down.
Speaker 9 (05:37):
That's where we're at, and the local union in Dawson
Creek isn't giving up. Door to door delivery is not
only the norm here for mail.
Speaker 10 (05:45):
And we also have a lot of people who rely
on that interaction with their letter carriers. And shutting that down,
you know, I think it feels like cutting off human connection.
Speaker 11 (05:57):
I can immediately think of people on my route that'd
be basically cut off from the world because all their
communication goes through the mail.
Speaker 9 (06:04):
That's something to town without door to door service. Worries
about two what could happen if Canada Post scales back
and their main post office shuts.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
There's still a lot of people who pick up the
mail regularly. And it's a social thing too, because you
go down. Oh, I have seen you for a while,
you know, how are you?
Speaker 1 (06:22):
You know?
Speaker 10 (06:23):
So you missed that.
Speaker 9 (06:25):
It's unclear right now where the next rotating strike will be.
Although Canada Post says postal service is expected to resume
next week, the union says there could be some delays
with delivery for some Canadians.
Speaker 5 (06:39):
Back here on the island.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
With tempts starting to cool, Victoria Fire says the city's
emergency weather response last year was insufficient. Victoria's fire chief
says the city's emergency weather response plan needs to change
in meeting the needs of vulnerable populations during extreme weather events.
Victoria Fire recommends a two tiered plan with overnight shelter beds,
(07:00):
increased wellness checks, and additional resources for the coming winter season.
The new plan also relies more on temporary warming buses
and temporary warming tents. However, the biggest change for the
city will be a third party contracted out to run
the outreach services instead of city auxiliary staff like past years.
(07:22):
For more information on how Victoria and other municipalities will
be handling their emergency weather response, you can read the
full article on our website at.
Speaker 5 (07:30):
Checknews dot CA.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
A grieving couch and family was surrounded with support and
kindness today as they drop the puck for the first
ever hockey tournament in honor of their late twelve year
old son. The young hockey player was killed while rollerblading
on a country road near his home last month, struck
by a teenage driver who police say was going too
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fast and a skyrine reports. The tournament and law's family
wants created in his name are keeping his memory alive.
Speaker 12 (08:06):
Stepping foot on his ice at mill Bay's Carrie Park
arena where twelve year old Xavier Razul Djakovics should be
playing Saturday, his grieving family is surrounded with support from
loud banging sticks and friendly faces in the stands. His
big brother, fourteen year old Kaisse, tasked with dropping the
puck to start this tournament renamed in Xavier's honor after
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he was tragically killed on August twenty fifth.
Speaker 8 (08:38):
Xavior grew up in this arena from when he was
three years old, so it's really special that they've named
this tournament after him and that they're remembering him this way.
Speaker 13 (08:46):
To drop the puck in memory of my brother was
also heartwarming.
Speaker 4 (08:53):
It's very emotional, a great way to remember Zave and
what a teammate he was, what a supportive kid.
Speaker 12 (09:00):
The twelve year old was rollerblading nearest Cobble Hill home
his dad watching on when he was hit by a
car whose teenage driver lost control of the car at
high speed. Since the crash, these families become driven to
make a difference.
Speaker 8 (09:15):
We're so devastated having lost Savior and we feel like
it can't be in vain.
Speaker 12 (09:21):
So their lobbying to make a law in his name
that would revoke the license of a person accused of
dangerous driving causing dad until they go to trial, and
require lifetime driving bands for people convicted of extreme dangerous driving.
Speaker 14 (09:36):
To Savior's Law is something that it needs to be done.
Bipartisan wives just coming together and take reckless drivers off
this road and not allowed to have your license and drive.
Speaker 8 (09:47):
And because children should be able to play hockey on
their road, to roller blade, to ride their bikes without
fear of being mowed down by dangerous drivers.
Speaker 12 (09:56):
So the Xavier's Law petitions in a prominent place of
this week tournament for signing next to items donated from
across Vancouver Island to raise funds for a scholarship and
savior's name, and will support other families who've lost children
to dangerous and drunk driving.
Speaker 5 (10:12):
It was a great kid and people want to help.
Speaker 12 (10:15):
As Vancouver Island comes together to support a family living
a parent's worst nightmare while fighting to save others from
this same kind of pain.
Speaker 3 (10:27):
West Coast baseball fans now have the option to skirt
across the water and watch the Blue Jays play the
Seattle Mariners in the upcoming American League Championship Series. After
the Mariners earned their spot defeating the Detroit Tigers three
to two over a grueling fifteen innings Friday, Victoria Clipper
fast Ferry between Victoria and Seattle is stepping up to
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the plate, so to speak, with a special eleven am
Playoff Express sailing from Victoria on October fifteenth.
Speaker 5 (10:55):
That would be Game three of the series.
Speaker 3 (10:57):
The Toronto Blue Jays will host the Mariners at Row
Center for Games one and two in Toronto Tomorrow and
Monday before bringing the series to the West Coast. Here
is a look at what the Clipper is offering for
baseball fans up to the twentieth of October.
Speaker 5 (11:12):
If the series goes seven games.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
Now the Clipper says it fans buy tickets and the
series end sooner, there will be full refunds.
Speaker 5 (11:19):
Earlier this year, when the Blue.
Speaker 3 (11:20):
Jays came to Seattle this spring to play their annual
three game series, fewer Canadian fans made the trip because
of the trade war between our two nations, as many
Canadians and British Columbians continue to boycott US goods and
services in a display of countrywide solidarity. Well, the world
is coming to British Columbia next year. Vancouver is hosting
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seven games of the FIFA World Cup and with those
games there will be hundreds of thousands of visitors. Mary
Griffin now with a look at if the island will
benefit from the big tourism bomp.
Speaker 15 (11:57):
The biggest sporting events in the world is coming to
British Columbia one hundred.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Four games, United as Billions, and.
Speaker 15 (12:06):
There's no question the tourists are coming as well.
Speaker 12 (12:09):
We are FIFA, we are football usal so months, we
all twenty.
Speaker 15 (12:17):
Six and they aren't just expected to set their sights
on Vancouver.
Speaker 4 (12:21):
Yeah, the biggest benefit we see from FIFA would be
the long term exposure effect for all of British Columbia.
Speaker 5 (12:28):
We do expect some travelers to FIFA to come over
to Victoria and see.
Speaker 15 (12:32):
US, and companies are getting ready. Harper Air announced it's
expanded to two hundred daily flights next summer, including a
new Seattle Victoria flight in time for World Cup. According
to a study from the Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture
and Sport, the seven Games in Vancouver will be attended
by more than three hundred and sixty two thousand people,
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forty five percent of those are from outside Canada and
the US. In the five years after the event, and
stimated one million additional tourists are expected to come back
to BC, and tourism spending will increase one billion dollars.
With BC's restrictions on Airbnb, accommodations in the Vancouver area
are expected to fill up. Some tourism officials believe that
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is bill over to the island, with people choosing to
stay here and fly or ferry over for the Games.
Speaker 13 (13:22):
I definitely think there's an opportunity for the island to
look at hosting visitors. You know, you could easily get
to Vancouver for a day trip. You can also look
at you know what is that concentric circle from Vancouver outward.
Speaker 11 (13:35):
The FIFA World Cup presents opportunities and it also presents
downside risks.
Speaker 15 (13:40):
According to Destination Greater Victoria, the upside is a global
awareness the event will bring not just to Vancouver but
the rest of BC, including Vancouver Island. But there is
the aversion factor for tourism operators during global events.
Speaker 11 (13:54):
We do know that some tour operators, these are leisure
tour operators that aggregate customers and come. They're skipping Canada
altogether for the six or seven weeks of FIFA because
they're worried about the security cordon. And in both Toronto
and Vancouver, the.
Speaker 15 (14:09):
Advice is hope for the best, but don't bet the
bank on an instant when here for a tourism boom.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
The forty fifth annual Royal Victoria Marathon will take place
tomorrow morning, and this year it's going to be a
record setting run. Participants have picked up their race packages
this happening Friday. The event includes a full marathon, half marathon,
eight K, five k and kids run. With every single
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event now sold out, more than fifteen thousand people will
be taking part in all the races combined, it's a
new record by more than three thousand. On top of that,
there's also the charity component to the marathon.
Speaker 16 (14:53):
This year, we have twenty one charities participating in the
Czech Charity Pledge Program, and together they didn't just eat
their ambitious goal of one hundred and twenty five, they've
surpassed it by raising an outstanding one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars and it keeps going up, so congratulations.
Speaker 5 (15:14):
Things get going.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
Around seven am on Tomorrow morning, VICPD reminding drivers of
road closures and traffic deglayes both downtown and in the
Dallas Road area.
Speaker 5 (15:25):
And tomorrow night.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
At six point thirty, we will air a special thirty
minute program hosted by our very own Jeff King, the
forty fifth Royal Victoria Marathon Special, that include highlights from
the race and interviews. You can watch the special right
here tomorrow and it will air again on Monday night
as well, and of course we'll have coverage during our
five o'clock broadcast tomorrow. Tests You've done a lot of
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work too with the charity side of things, done a
lot of stories highlighting it is such an important event
that sometimes we forget about it.
Speaker 5 (15:55):
How much money it pours into charities.
Speaker 17 (15:57):
A huge difference for the charities that take part. So
those twenty one charities this year, since it started in
two thousand and five, more than two point five million
dollars has been raised through the chech Charity Touch program.
So really incredible And tomorrow we'll have a vital people's story.
Ali Herrara did it on the Canucks Autism Network. So
a mom and daughter running for the first time in
the marathon, doing the ak together and then mum's doing
a half marathon and talking about how that nonprofits really
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helped them as well. So really inspiring. Stuffing great just
to see the community people out and going, sharing people
on and even if it's raining.
Speaker 5 (16:26):
So it was that where you're going to say, is
that where you're gonna go? Is it going to be
a little tough run?
Speaker 3 (16:30):
Although some people like running in the rain, some people
like a little moisture.
Speaker 5 (16:33):
I guess it keeps things a little bit cooler.
Speaker 17 (16:35):
It's not gonna be hot tomorrow, okay, but is.
Speaker 5 (16:38):
It gonna be okay?
Speaker 17 (16:38):
Conditions a bit of a turkey of a forecast. Potentially,
Let's take a look at our satellite radar and you
can see, however, Monday is looking spectacular right across the
island and we're going to get back into another dry stretch,
so you can see there that was Friday night into Saturday,
the rainfall moving down the island, bringing wet conditions to
a lot of areas, and we are looking at showers
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for most to the island potentially tonight and into tomorrow
as well. Now, North Island is kind of the reverse
of what we normally see, where we're expecting drier conditions
and sunnier conditions for the North Island than we would
see on the South Island. Normally the South Island is
much drier, but our latest modeling is showing that it's
potential the rain shadow that we have here in Greater
Victoria could keep things dry at least in the morning
for the marathon, so that would be good news. But
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temperature wides Chili conditions only eleven degrees as our daytime high,
so that's the temperature we'll reach later in the afternoon.
In the morning it will be much chillier than that,
so not one of the warmer marathons, but we have
a bit of a warm up on the way. I'll
have more on that coming up, but first I wanted
to take a look back at summer. We've been talking
a lot about rainfall. Yesterday I had the September rainfall
numbers and here's a look at how we ended summer.
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So this is meteorological summer June, July and August and
this is from the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network.
What I like about this is it gives us a
look at some areas that we don't have Environment Canada stations.
For some we do, of course, like Nanaimo, but Alert
Bay one hundred and thirty three point one millimeters Yukula
two one hundred and thirty eight, which is it's actually
the same amount that you clue it had for September,
but you can see the huge difference on Vancouver Island.
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So only twenty two point one millimeters for Fanny Bay,
very very dry conditions there. And then Comok's looking at
twenty four point nine millimeters Cowich and Bay fifty four
point one Salt Spring about forty milimeters, which is similar
to the September amount for Salt Spring as well. And
then let's take a look at Greater Victoria because normally
Greater Victoria is the driest part of the island in summer.
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Uvik and Gonzali's in particular tend to be the driest
of those Environment Canada stations. But fifty five point one
millimeters for downtown Victoria and really not much of a
difference throughout the CRD. Normally there's a bigger range in
these rainfall amounts and then Shawnigan fifty point eight millimeters
of rain there. So dry conditions for some areas and
wet are the normal conditions for other areas. Today's weather
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photo is this great shot by Josh Terry of the
harvest Moon earlier this week over Port Hardy, Maryland. Terry
sent it in and says Josh was on an evening
walk with his dog when he captured the super moon.
It's the first of three back to back super moon
this year. Our Saturday Viewer wildlife photo comes from Roland
Smith of Port Alberni, who sent him this shot of
an eagle looking at his reflection and looking very contemplative,
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you know, reflecting on life standing on the shore of
the Somas River at low tide this summer and as
the US government shut down drags on, I couldn't resist
sharing this shot of the new lifeguards on duty in California.
Apparently they will work for lunch leftover, so there's no
issue with the pay frees. Just kidding.
Speaker 3 (19:29):
Great shots for sure, Thanks Test. We'll see in a
bit while Hollywood Great dies. A look at the remarkable
career of Diane Keaton.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
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Speaker 2 (00:16):
So it's going to take its toll and they, particularly
in the downtown corp.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
The public service strike hits home for some private businesses
and now a warning it could get worse for others.
Speaker 4 (00:29):
Wait to remember Zave and what a teammate he was.
What a supportive kid for twelve years old. He was
the glue of the team.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
A powerful puck drop with a purpose. Remembering a son, brother,
and teammate with a goal in mind. And thousands gear
up for the forty fifth Royal Victoria Marathon. What to
expect for the record breaking event this weekend.
Speaker 5 (01:06):
Good evening and thanks for joining us.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
Six weeks into the BCGU labor action that has seen
twenty five thousand public service workers taking part in full
or partial strike from the jobs that keep provincial services functioning,
people across this province are feeling the impact of service
delays and disruptions, and now tonight we're seeing private businesses
(01:29):
forced to close because of.
Speaker 5 (01:31):
The job action and a new warning.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Downtown cores like Victoria could take even more of a
hit if the strike lingers.
Speaker 6 (01:39):
Chattis Leo reports, I'm not the only business it's going
to go under just because of this.
Speaker 7 (01:46):
Sam Jones is the owner of two Percent Jazz Coffee.
He had three locations, but once the BCGU strike went
into its sixth week, he knew trouble was brewing.
Speaker 6 (01:56):
When the BCGU went on strike, they have targeted the
museum as a very public place to be seen. Unfortunately,
what that means is they're repelling the very customers that
I want for my business.
Speaker 7 (02:12):
Jones has been operating inside the museum for ten years
and it's taken several years to rebound after the pandemic,
but now this strike is killed any momentum for his business.
Speaker 6 (02:23):
When I realized I wasn't going to make it was
the first pay period came and I was scrambling.
Speaker 7 (02:31):
And Jones is not alone. The owner of the Bannock Room,
who normally parks in front of the Royal BC Museum,
had to pack it up and leave after her business
suffered heavily from the BCGU strike.
Speaker 8 (02:43):
I don't have side, not taking a side, but you
know what the strike is effecting my business.
Speaker 7 (02:48):
But with both parties absent at the negotiating table, what
the future looks like for other businesses in downtown Victoria
has yet to be determined.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
We don't see this as something that's good for business
at all.
Speaker 7 (03:00):
If Victoria Chamber of Commerce is concerned, that uncertainty of
the strike is just going to create an even bigger
challenge of a already hard and difficult economic climate.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
So it's going to take its toll, and particularly in
the downtown core. We also think the strike shows why
we need to look at alternative options for things like
liquor distribution so we're not paralyzed when the only option
available is not available.
Speaker 7 (03:26):
In a response to the strike impacts, the BCGU says
they are concerned about the local economy, especially for small businesses.
The union says they try to minimize the impact of
the strike within the first three weeks and blames the
province for refusing to act, causing escalation. Back at the museum,
Jones has now let go some of his eight staff members,
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the rest moving to his location on Hillside as he
packs up ten years of history in a building filled
with much more of it, and he has a message
for both parties on each side of the counter.
Speaker 6 (04:00):
You flexible and look around you and see what other
industries are doing and what they're having to put up
with and deal with, and the kind of catastrophic outfall
of this.
Speaker 7 (04:12):
As a Friday, the union says more than twenty five
thousand workers are on strike at four hundred and seventy
work sites across the province.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
And Canadians can expect limited mail delivery to resume early
next week. The Canadian Union of Pulstal Workers says rotating
strikes began this morning, ending the countrywide strike that span
more than two weeks. However, the union saying all service
guarantees will be suspended as a result.
Speaker 9 (04:40):
Remnants of the chanting signs and picket line over the
last two weeks. Mail service came to a nationwide halt
on September twenty fifth, and while some Canada post workers
are back on the job, it's not the case for everyone.
Like this postal carrier in Dawson Creek, BC.
Speaker 6 (04:57):
We're out on strike. Today's part of the rotating strike change.
Speaker 9 (05:01):
So are workers in Saint Anthony in Newfoundland and Labrador, Timmins, Ontario,
and Fort Saint John, BC.
Speaker 10 (05:08):
Our postal service is vital to communities, whether you're a
large urban center or you're a smaller municipality in a
rural area.
Speaker 9 (05:17):
These rotating strikes are the Canadian Union of Postal Workers'
latest strategy in response to Ottawa's call for sweeping changes
like ending home delivery and closing some rural mail outlets,
arguing it's needed to keep Canada Post financially viable.
Speaker 5 (05:32):
People are going to.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Have to come out and fight for their post office.
Speaker 5 (05:34):
It's a use it or lose it, stand up orly down.
Speaker 9 (05:37):
That's where we're at, and the local union in Dawson
Creek isn't giving up. Door to door delivery is not
only the norm here for mail.
Speaker 10 (05:45):
And we also have a lot of people who rely
on that interaction with their letter carriers. And shutting that down,
you know, I think it feels like cutting off human connection.
Speaker 11 (05:57):
I can immediately think of people on my route that'd
be basically cut off from the world because all their
communication goes through the mail.
Speaker 9 (06:04):
That's something to town without door to door service. Worries
about two what could happen if Canada Post scales back
and their main post office shuts.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
There's still a lot of people who pick up the
mail regularly. And it's a social thing too, because you
go down. Oh, I have seen you for a while,
you know, how are you?
Speaker 1 (06:22):
You know?
Speaker 10 (06:23):
So you missed that.
Speaker 9 (06:25):
It's unclear right now where the next rotating strike will be.
Although Canada Post says postal service is expected to resume
next week, the union says there could be some delays
with delivery for some Canadians.
Speaker 5 (06:39):
Back here on the island.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
With tempts starting to cool, Victoria Fire says the city's
emergency weather response last year was insufficient. Victoria's fire chief
says the city's emergency weather response plan needs to change
in meeting the needs of vulnerable populations during extreme weather events.
Victoria Fire recommends a two tiered plan with overnight shelter beds,
(07:00):
increased wellness checks, and additional resources for the coming winter season.
The new plan also relies more on temporary warming buses
and temporary warming tents. However, the biggest change for the
city will be a third party contracted out to run
the outreach services instead of city auxiliary staff like past years.
(07:22):
For more information on how Victoria and other municipalities will
be handling their emergency weather response, you can read the
full article on our website at.
Speaker 5 (07:30):
Checknews dot CA.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
A grieving couch and family was surrounded with support and
kindness today as they drop the puck for the first
ever hockey tournament in honor of their late twelve year
old son. The young hockey player was killed while rollerblading
on a country road near his home last month, struck
by a teenage driver who police say was going too
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fast and a skyrine reports. The tournament and law's family
wants created in his name are keeping his memory alive.
Speaker 12 (08:06):
Stepping foot on his ice at mill Bay's Carrie Park
arena where twelve year old Xavier Razul Djakovics should be
playing Saturday, his grieving family is surrounded with support from
loud banging sticks and friendly faces in the stands. His
big brother, fourteen year old Kaisse, tasked with dropping the
puck to start this tournament renamed in Xavier's honor after
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he was tragically killed on August twenty fifth.
Speaker 8 (08:38):
Xavior grew up in this arena from when he was
three years old, so it's really special that they've named
this tournament after him and that they're remembering him this way.
Speaker 13 (08:46):
To drop the puck in memory of my brother was
also heartwarming.
Speaker 4 (08:53):
It's very emotional, a great way to remember Zave and
what a teammate he was, what a supportive kid.
Speaker 12 (09:00):
The twelve year old was rollerblading nearest Cobble Hill home
his dad watching on when he was hit by a
car whose teenage driver lost control of the car at
high speed. Since the crash, these families become driven to
make a difference.
Speaker 8 (09:15):
We're so devastated having lost Savior and we feel like
it can't be in vain.
Speaker 12 (09:21):
So their lobbying to make a law in his name
that would revoke the license of a person accused of
dangerous driving causing dad until they go to trial, and
require lifetime driving bands for people convicted of extreme dangerous driving.
Speaker 14 (09:36):
To Savior's Law is something that it needs to be done.
Bipartisan wives just coming together and take reckless drivers off
this road and not allowed to have your license and drive.
Speaker 8 (09:47):
And because children should be able to play hockey on
their road, to roller blade, to ride their bikes without
fear of being mowed down by dangerous drivers.
Speaker 12 (09:56):
So the Xavier's Law petitions in a prominent place of
this week tournament for signing next to items donated from
across Vancouver Island to raise funds for a scholarship and
savior's name, and will support other families who've lost children
to dangerous and drunk driving.
Speaker 5 (10:12):
It was a great kid and people want to help.
Speaker 12 (10:15):
As Vancouver Island comes together to support a family living
a parent's worst nightmare while fighting to save others from
this same kind of pain.
Speaker 3 (10:27):
West Coast baseball fans now have the option to skirt
across the water and watch the Blue Jays play the
Seattle Mariners in the upcoming American League Championship Series. After
the Mariners earned their spot defeating the Detroit Tigers three
to two over a grueling fifteen innings Friday, Victoria Clipper
fast Ferry between Victoria and Seattle is stepping up to
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the plate, so to speak, with a special eleven am
Playoff Express sailing from Victoria on October fifteenth.
Speaker 5 (10:55):
That would be Game three of the series.
Speaker 3 (10:57):
The Toronto Blue Jays will host the Mariners at Row
Center for Games one and two in Toronto Tomorrow and
Monday before bringing the series to the West Coast. Here
is a look at what the Clipper is offering for
baseball fans up to the twentieth of October.
Speaker 5 (11:12):
If the series goes seven games.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
Now the Clipper says it fans buy tickets and the
series end sooner, there will be full refunds.
Speaker 5 (11:19):
Earlier this year, when the Blue.
Speaker 3 (11:20):
Jays came to Seattle this spring to play their annual
three game series, fewer Canadian fans made the trip because
of the trade war between our two nations, as many
Canadians and British Columbians continue to boycott US goods and
services in a display of countrywide solidarity. Well, the world
is coming to British Columbia next year. Vancouver is hosting
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seven games of the FIFA World Cup and with those
games there will be hundreds of thousands of visitors. Mary
Griffin now with a look at if the island will
benefit from the big tourism bomp.
Speaker 15 (11:57):
The biggest sporting events in the world is coming to
British Columbia one hundred.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Four games, United as Billions, and.
Speaker 15 (12:06):
There's no question the tourists are coming as well.
Speaker 12 (12:09):
We are FIFA, we are football usal so months, we
all twenty.
Speaker 15 (12:17):
Six and they aren't just expected to set their sights
on Vancouver.
Speaker 4 (12:21):
Yeah, the biggest benefit we see from FIFA would be
the long term exposure effect for all of British Columbia.
Speaker 5 (12:28):
We do expect some travelers to FIFA to come over
to Victoria and see.
Speaker 15 (12:32):
US, and companies are getting ready. Harper Air announced it's
expanded to two hundred daily flights next summer, including a
new Seattle Victoria flight in time for World Cup. According
to a study from the Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture
and Sport, the seven Games in Vancouver will be attended
by more than three hundred and sixty two thousand people,
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forty five percent of those are from outside Canada and
the US. In the five years after the event, and
stimated one million additional tourists are expected to come back
to BC, and tourism spending will increase one billion dollars.
With BC's restrictions on Airbnb, accommodations in the Vancouver area
are expected to fill up. Some tourism officials believe that
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is bill over to the island, with people choosing to
stay here and fly or ferry over for the Games.
Speaker 13 (13:22):
I definitely think there's an opportunity for the island to
look at hosting visitors. You know, you could easily get
to Vancouver for a day trip. You can also look
at you know what is that concentric circle from Vancouver outward.
Speaker 11 (13:35):
The FIFA World Cup presents opportunities and it also presents
downside risks.
Speaker 15 (13:40):
According to Destination Greater Victoria, the upside is a global
awareness the event will bring not just to Vancouver but
the rest of BC, including Vancouver Island. But there is
the aversion factor for tourism operators during global events.
Speaker 11 (13:54):
We do know that some tour operators, these are leisure
tour operators that aggregate customers and come. They're skipping Canada
altogether for the six or seven weeks of FIFA because
they're worried about the security cordon. And in both Toronto
and Vancouver, the.
Speaker 15 (14:09):
Advice is hope for the best, but don't bet the
bank on an instant when here for a tourism boom.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
The forty fifth annual Royal Victoria Marathon will take place
tomorrow morning, and this year it's going to be a
record setting run. Participants have picked up their race packages
this happening Friday. The event includes a full marathon, half marathon,
eight K, five k and kids run. With every single
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event now sold out, more than fifteen thousand people will
be taking part in all the races combined, it's a
new record by more than three thousand. On top of that,
there's also the charity component to the marathon.
Speaker 16 (14:53):
This year, we have twenty one charities participating in the
Czech Charity Pledge Program, and together they didn't just eat
their ambitious goal of one hundred and twenty five, they've
surpassed it by raising an outstanding one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars and it keeps going up, so congratulations.
Speaker 5 (15:14):
Things get going.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
Around seven am on Tomorrow morning, VICPD reminding drivers of
road closures and traffic deglayes both downtown and in the
Dallas Road area.
Speaker 5 (15:25):
And tomorrow night.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
At six point thirty, we will air a special thirty
minute program hosted by our very own Jeff King, the
forty fifth Royal Victoria Marathon Special, that include highlights from
the race and interviews. You can watch the special right
here tomorrow and it will air again on Monday night
as well, and of course we'll have coverage during our
five o'clock broadcast tomorrow. Tests You've done a lot of
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work too with the charity side of things, done a
lot of stories highlighting it is such an important event
that sometimes we forget about it.
Speaker 5 (15:55):
How much money it pours into charities.
Speaker 17 (15:57):
A huge difference for the charities that take part. So
those twenty one charities this year, since it started in
two thousand and five, more than two point five million
dollars has been raised through the chech Charity Touch program.
So really incredible And tomorrow we'll have a vital people's story.
Ali Herrara did it on the Canucks Autism Network. So
a mom and daughter running for the first time in
the marathon, doing the ak together and then mum's doing
a half marathon and talking about how that nonprofits really
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helped them as well. So really inspiring. Stuffing great just
to see the community people out and going, sharing people
on and even if it's raining.
Speaker 5 (16:26):
So it was that where you're going to say, is
that where you're gonna go? Is it going to be
a little tough run?
Speaker 3 (16:30):
Although some people like running in the rain, some people
like a little moisture.
Speaker 5 (16:33):
I guess it keeps things a little bit cooler.
Speaker 17 (16:35):
It's not gonna be hot tomorrow, okay, but is.
Speaker 5 (16:38):
It gonna be okay?
Speaker 17 (16:38):
Conditions a bit of a turkey of a forecast. Potentially,
Let's take a look at our satellite radar and you
can see, however, Monday is looking spectacular right across the
island and we're going to get back into another dry stretch,
so you can see there that was Friday night into Saturday,
the rainfall moving down the island, bringing wet conditions to
a lot of areas, and we are looking at showers
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for most to the island potentially tonight and into tomorrow
as well. Now, North Island is kind of the reverse
of what we normally see, where we're expecting drier conditions
and sunnier conditions for the North Island than we would
see on the South Island. Normally the South Island is
much drier, but our latest modeling is showing that it's
potential the rain shadow that we have here in Greater
Victoria could keep things dry at least in the morning
for the marathon, so that would be good news. But
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temperature wides Chili conditions only eleven degrees as our daytime high,
so that's the temperature we'll reach later in the afternoon.
In the morning it will be much chillier than that,
so not one of the warmer marathons, but we have
a bit of a warm up on the way. I'll
have more on that coming up, but first I wanted
to take a look back at summer. We've been talking
a lot about rainfall. Yesterday I had the September rainfall
numbers and here's a look at how we ended summer.
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So this is meteorological summer June, July and August and
this is from the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network.
What I like about this is it gives us a
look at some areas that we don't have Environment Canada stations.
For some we do, of course, like Nanaimo, but Alert
Bay one hundred and thirty three point one millimeters Yukula
two one hundred and thirty eight, which is it's actually
the same amount that you clue it had for September,
but you can see the huge difference on Vancouver Island.
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So only twenty two point one millimeters for Fanny Bay,
very very dry conditions there. And then Comok's looking at
twenty four point nine millimeters Cowich and Bay fifty four
point one Salt Spring about forty milimeters, which is similar
to the September amount for Salt Spring as well. And
then let's take a look at Greater Victoria because normally
Greater Victoria is the driest part of the island in summer.
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Uvik and Gonzali's in particular tend to be the driest
of those Environment Canada stations. But fifty five point one
millimeters for downtown Victoria and really not much of a
difference throughout the CRD. Normally there's a bigger range in
these rainfall amounts and then Shawnigan fifty point eight millimeters
of rain there. So dry conditions for some areas and
wet are the normal conditions for other areas. Today's weather
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photo is this great shot by Josh Terry of the
harvest Moon earlier this week over Port Hardy, Maryland. Terry
sent it in and says Josh was on an evening
walk with his dog when he captured the super moon.
It's the first of three back to back super moon
this year. Our Saturday Viewer wildlife photo comes from Roland
Smith of Port Alberni, who sent him this shot of
an eagle looking at his reflection and looking very contemplative,
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you know, reflecting on life standing on the shore of
the Somas River at low tide this summer and as
the US government shut down drags on, I couldn't resist
sharing this shot of the new lifeguards on duty in California.
Apparently they will work for lunch leftover, so there's no
issue with the pay frees. Just kidding.
Speaker 3 (19:29):
Great shots for sure, Thanks Test. We'll see in a
bit while Hollywood Great dies. A look at the remarkable
career of Diane Keaton.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
Watch full Check newscasts weekdays at five, six, and ten,
or anytime on Check Plus or Check News.
Speaker 9 (19:46):
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